Open up a child’s world through reading.

Read to a child and the two of you can go anywhere. Outer space. Underwater caves. The corner store. And, research shows that by reading aloud with children, you’re improving their future. One story at a time

Change the course of a child’s future—over lunch.

Open up a child’s world through reading.

Read to a child and the two of you can go anywhere. Outer space. Underwater caves. The corner store. And, research shows that by reading aloud with children, you’re improving their future. One story at a time.

Change the course of a child’s future—over lunch.

Getting involved with Read to a Child is so easy. Just once a week—over your lunch hour—spending time reading to a child at a nearby school. And everybody benefits.

Open up a child’s world through reading.

Read to a child and the two of you can go anywhere. Outer space. Underwater caves. The corner store. And, research shows that by reading aloud with children, you’re improving their future. One story at a time

Change the course of a child’s future—over lunch.

Read to a Child is a national nonprofit literacy and mentoring organization that inspires caring adults to read aloud to at-risk children to create better opportunities for their future. Research proves that reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for enabling eventual success in reading and, therefore, likelihood for success in school and life. Read to a Child’s flagship Lunchtime Reading Program utilizes 1,500 volunteers from more than 100 corporations nationwide who read aloud to 1,200 at-risk elementary school students in greater Boston, Detroit, Hartford, Los Angeles and Miami.

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83% of 4th graders from low-income families are not proficient in reading

Children who are read to at least 3x/week are almost twice as likely to score in the top 25% in reading

Students who talk about reading have higher average reading scores than students who never or hardly ever talk about reading.